Questions from Management Information Systems

Q: How have social technologies changed e-commerce?

How have social technologies changed e-commerce?

Q: How has e-commerce transformed marketing? 1. Explain

How has e-commerce transformed marketing? 1. Explain how social networking and the “wisdom of crowds” help companies improve their marketing. 2. Define behavioral targeting and explain how it works at...

Q: What’s the best way to find out what your customers want?

What’s the best way to find out what your customers want? If you’re a large business with millions of customers, it’s impossible to ask each one face-to-face. But thanks to modern data management and...

Q: How much can business intelligence and business analytics help companies refine their

How much can business intelligence and business analytics help companies refine their business strategy? Explain your answer.

Q: How do information systems help people working in a group make decisions

How do information systems help people working in a group make decisions more efficiently? Define a group decision-support system (GDSS) and explain how it works and how it supports organizational dec...

Q: Why is building a system a form of organizational problem-solving

Why is building a system a form of organizational problem-solving?

Q: What are the principal methodologies for modeling and designing systems? Compare

What are the principal methodologies for modeling and designing systems? Compare object-oriented and traditional structured approaches for modeling and designing systems.

Q: Discuss the pros and cons of allowing companies to amass personal data

Discuss the pros and cons of allowing companies to amass personal data for behavioral targeting.

Q: Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to

Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property? 1. Define privacy and fair information practices...

Q: It has been said that the advantage that leading-edge retailers

It has been said that the advantage that leading-edge retailers such as Walmart have over competitors isn’t technology; it’s their management. Do you agree? Why or why not?